Asparagus In My flowers

Asparagus In My flowers

Wed May 09, 2012 1:17 am

So the place I bought had some returning veggies in one of the plots. One of which was asperagus, now when I went to till i looked for the edge of it and tilled five feet from that not wanting to till it up but wanting to get all the space I could for other plants. My wife planted rows of gladiolis with Hostas in front of them along two sides of the garden in an L shape. i was sure that I tilled far enough away from the aparagus but sure enough it came up in the flowers a full ten feet into the bed and THICK. Now I have been harvesting it for the table and my question is if I keep cutting all the shoots that grow int he flowers will they not grow there next year? and when should I stop cutting the plot I want to come back next year?

Alss there was a bunch of rubarb we have been waiting to ripen but it seems to grow big flowery seedy bushes up out of it and never gets red any advise?

You can cut every shoot for six weeks, and enjoy!!! But, then you have to let it grow up and can't cut it down until it freezes. It needs that time with the ferns to feed the roots so it can produce a crop again next year. It is good to fertilize it after cutting too.